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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-03-06
"H4NK" Y4sHoeN SUR PRIsED.
Confronted by n Host of Friends When
He Went Home to Go 60 Bed,

Confronted by Host of Friends When
He Went Home to Go 60 Bed,
Ex-County Clerk Henry Z. Van Horn is
just eixty years old to-day; and his jolly
wife proposed to give him genuine birth
day surprise party. He went home from
the Oakland Rink to go to bed about ten
o'clock. When he put his key in the night
latch hundred and fifty friends greeted
him. During the evening he was presented
with beautiful basket of flowers by his
two grandchildren, q smoking set and
stand by the Oakland Rink patrons, Mr.
Dodson being the spokesman; an
other smoking set by William Vree-
land and George Kerns; basket of
flowers by Miss BREASTED, of Bayonne.
There was music by Miss Clara Heintze
and the Misses Short, and Rotations.
Among those present were: Mrs. Sarah A.
Van Horn, Mr.. Van Horns mother; An
drew Van Horn and wife, of Bayonne;
Sheriff Heintze and wife, H. Simon and
wife, Geo. Brown and wife, M. Ward and
wife, Charles w. Laws and wife, DR.. j. Il.
Eyeritt and wife, Frank Hill and wife, M.
j. Dodson and wife, S. L. Willard and
wife, Frank Ruggles and wife, Misses Clara
Heintze, Lolita Cullen, Minnie King, Susie
Plimly, Tessie Martin, Aggie King. A. Gull
len, M. Armstrong, E. Longnata, Carrie
Malpheus. Emma Wallis, Jennie Hecker
and the Misses Short; Messrs. Spencer
Buckingham, Harry Arthur, ]. Brown, h.
Boordman and A. Berger. An elegant re-
past was served at midnight.
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FOUR RAILROADS IN 1T.

Runners of a Great Deal Between the p.
R,R., B. & o, Reading and Central.
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-The Evening
Telegraph this afternoon says: "There are
very good reasons for stating that for more
than month past negotiations have been
actively in progress for the purpose of Sc
curing to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company its denied outlet to New York,
upon certain contingencies. These re-
strictions, we are informed, embody an
iron-clad peace contract by all the lines
involved the Baltimore and Ohio, the
Pennsylvania, the Reading and the Jersey
Central. This compact will be far-reach-
ing in its purposes and results, and will
cover vast amount of ground. The rela-
tions between the companies on various
classes of business-for Instance, the Read
ing's and Pennsylvania interests in the
Schuylkill's coal felds-will be clearly de-
fined, and the Baltimore and Ohio will be
placed in such position that it cannot
materially injure its greatest competitor !"
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-03-06
MISS CARRIE LEAVES TOWN.
The PHENOMENAL WOAxAN GOES
FROM THE HOSPITAL

| The Actual FOcts Of Remarkable Case
Afflicted as No Other Woman IL, and
Tsiug Her lIfsfertunes as an Aid 70
Sympathetic Charity.
The SUNDAY MORNING NEWS was the FIRST
paper to announce the arrival in town of
the phenomenal Carrie Gilchrist. Size was
found, as was reported in those columns
last Sunday morning, in Pennsylvania
Railroad car on the arrival of a midnight
train in this city last Saturday. She had
ridden from Philadelphia, and became nm
conscious at Newark. For many Days she
remained apparently unconscious at the
City Hospital, and the doctors attending
her were unable to conclude what was the
matter with her. Finally the New York
Sun suggested that she was a woman who
had simulated Eysteria, to arouss the char
ity of the sympathetic, ii many hospitals
IN the country, and from all parts came
reports that she was "a sham and fraud.
The SUNDAY MORNING News wondered how
healthy woman coul live without nour-
ishment, and sent one of its reporters to
the hospital last evening to learn jast what
could be learned concerning her.
Warden Osborne kindly placed all in
formation at the reporters disposal. The
woman he said, is one of the most remark
ably afflicted women in the country. She
is not sham, but she undoubtedly uses
her affiiction as means of exciting SYM
pathy and securing charity. She had
voiient spasms, and threw off blood in
great quantities through her mouth. The
suspicion lnat this was produced by pur-
of, <~f4 10 l. L
throat is il founded The doctors know
that it was wholly involuntary on her part
She was suffering what the doctors call
vicarious menstruation. Her food had to
be administered to her by injection. Her
spasms were something terrible to b hold.
she las been subject 10 these fits for eight
years; aud makes no secret of the fact
hat she has been in many hospitals, nd
frequently helped by sympathetic people.
Friday she had quite recovered ffom her
paroxystn. She said that if she vera Ia a
good condition yesterday she would start
for her aunt's in Philadelphia. Yesterday
morning she felt well, and told Warden
Osborne that she would start. He took
her to The Pennsylvania Railroad depot,
and giving her il charge of a brakeman,
started her off on the two o'clock train
yesterday afternoon.
Toe hospital authorities have no doubt
that she lied q good deal about her rela-
lives IN New York to cover tue real pur-
pose Of her visit here: and that the letter
found in her pocket last Sunday morning
was fake" of her own to draw attention
to her case. But the fast remains that she
was not a sham. She is not by any means
pretty. She is coarse-looking and stout,
dark-facei and dark-haired, and probably
forty years of sgA.
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4 BIG INDIAN LAND DEAL.
The Northern Montana Tribes Cede IT,
100000 Acres to the United States.

WASHINGTON, March By the terms
of the agreement recently concluded be-
tween the Northwest Indian Commission
on behalf of the Government aud the
Indians of the great Blackfeet Reserya ion
in Northern Montana. three separate re
servatlons are set apart for the permanent
homes of the Indians; one for the Fort
Peck Agency Indians, another for the
Belkoap Agency Indians, and the third
for the Indians of the Blackfeet sAgencg.
each comprising an ar of about 1900
square miles, leaving an area estimating to
contain about 100000 acres, territory
about three tines as large as the State of
Maryland which the Indians cede TO the
United States in consideration OF the
following sums: For the Fort Peck Ia
dams, $l65, 600 per annum for ten years;
Tor the Fort Belknap Indians $l15, COO per
annum for the same period; for the Black
feet Agency Indians, $4,000 per annum
for ten years. These sums are to be
expended under the direction of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, IN the purchase of
stock for breeding purposes. subsistence.
clothing and otherwise for their comfort
and civilization.
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ONLY COTroN WASTE.
The Latest Scare kbout Incendia rfsm at
the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.

kAp AfNAOS1 SSCAIC ADO0A 1uCSuU18EkSut n I
the Pennsylvania RAILROAD Depot.
The motive for the dastardly attempts
that were made to set fire to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Depot and the ferryboat
Baltimore last week is still mystery, and
is likely to remain SO, unless some one
should confess to having dropped the bot
Ito containing the peculiarly lnflammable
liquid that was left in the closet The po-
lice have made no Roadway whatever in
the matter, and there is a reasonable doubt
that the man Hennessy, who is locked up
without bali charged with the crime, had
anything whatever to do with the matter,
and was simply and unfortunately drunk
at the time the porter made the discovery
that he did. What the bottle contained Is
also mystery. 1t was said at first that it
was compound Of muriatic acid and phos-
phorus. but yesterday several men posted
10 such matters declared that there was no
muriatic acid whatever in the combination,
but that good portion of it was nitro
glycerine. On Tuesday it will be examined
by chemists. Hennessey was arraigned
yesterday morning before Justice Stilsing.
but refused to talk about the matter, and
the Judge remanded him until Tuesday.
A scare was started yesterday morning
by the finding of piece of waste cotton
hanging on nail near hole which had
been bored through the weather. boards of
an oat-building. Last night several of the
employees on the dock said that the cotton
was tie same as that used to pack the
wheel boxes and clean the brass-work on
engines, etc., and that in all probability it
had dropped from some place overhead
and caught On tAe nail. They ridieuled
the story that it was placed there by in
cen3iaIiss.
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LOCAL POLITICS.
The New Board of Ed ueaiion-Ca ndfdas es
for Other Places.

ZOE OtAef P4Aces.
DR.. Edge and President Walker and
Messrs. Record and Sherwood retire from
the Board Of Education this spring. DIR.
Walker has made an exceptionally capable
member of the Board, and if the wishes Of
he people are consult ed he will be re-
tanned. 1t is said. however, that Mayor
Cleveland, with whom the appointment of
his successor rests, will not put him back.
It is said, too, that Mr.. Record will be re-
moved. There may be some chance for he
retention of DR.. Edge and Mr.. Sherwood,
but nothing is known on that point. The
Mayor is obliged to divide his appoint
ments as evenly as possible between the
two political parties. 1t is currently re-
ported in educational circles that ex School
Commissioner John Boyd is booked for Mr..
Records place. DR.. McGill is mentioned
as possible successor to DIR. Edge. Dr.
Gordon Is also talked of in connection with
one of the vacancies.
The Reform Club has put. an entire
ticket in the field for the First District. ".
A. Greenwood is the nominee for Alder
man, Duane Searle for Police Commission :
er, and William q. Vance and D. FL. Mel
vile Smith.
G.. d. J. Noelke is a candidate for the
nomination for Police Commissioner in the
Third District, and would make an ele-
CANT run if ne were put in the field.
A. t. Witter is seeking the nomination
for the Police Board IN the First Dis trict.
Its about time the Republicans of that
district gave Mr.. Witter show.
Ex-Assemblyman James O. Clarke says
he is not candidate for Board of " orks
or for any other office in the city. He
wants nothing.
Ex-Judge William B. Rankin says he
will be the next Democratic candidate for
Congress in this district.
George W. Garretson, Pullman Palace
Car Conductor, is candidate for Freehold
er in the First District. He is popular
young Democrat.
Assemhlyman Mclaughlin is mentioned
sa possible candidate for Alderman in the
First District.
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HENRY WARD BEEoHER DYING.
A stroke of Appsp1exy from which the
Great Preacher Cannot Recover.

A Stroke of Appeplexy from which the
Great Preacher Cannot Recover.
NEW YORK, March 5.-The Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher has had a stroke of Apo
plexy, and now lies unconscious. Grave
fears are entertained. Mr.. Be cher resides
with his son, Col. Henry Beecher, in
Brooklyn.
Between two and three o'clock yester-
day morning Mr.. Beecher awoke and COM
planned of being sick. His wife arose to
get something for him to drink. He began
to vomit freely, and then laid back upon
his pillow, apparently exhausted. In a
short time he fe i asleep.
Colonel Beecher and his brother, ex-As-
sistant District Attorney William G. Beech
or with his wife and Mrs Beecher, were at
tbs bedside of the great clergyman all day
to-day. At breakfast time he was sleeping
soundy, ard Mrs Beecher made an at
tempt to arouse him, but could not do SO.
She called her son and daughter-in-law
They tried to get Mr.. Beecher to sp eak.
He tried to speak, but his voice was thick
and articulation 1ndisiinct. DIR. Searle, the
family physician, was called in. He pro-
nounced Mr.. Bsecher, to bsquite II, bat
did not l apprehend immediate danger.
his morning he appeared to be worse.
Before noon Mr.. Beecher lapsed into I'M
consciousness. DR.. Hammond pronoun ced
him to be in a very critical condition, but
assured the family that there was some
hope.
AT II o'clock tonight Mr.. Beecher was
slightly better, and appeared to be less
drowsy. Mr.. Beecher, by pointing to his
head, indicated that he was suffering there
most. DR.. SeArle said that no more bull
letins would be issued unless Mr.. Beecher
was found TO be dying.
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PERSONAL.

Toby Colsky of Newark avenue. is engaged to be
married to widow Of Hoboken.
Mayor Cleveland is member of the BarkeIy
Club, OF The fourth District,
Rev. E. L. Stoadard lscsured at St. NJ at.hsw's
Free Church last Thursday night.
James Adams the gateman at the exit for Jersey
City passengers OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, is
altogether TOO verdant.
Lawyer John w. Herbert is now s oecial Master
in CT ancery by virtue OF his appoint neRt as such
by Chancellor nunyOn.
It is reported that Mr.. 7. Mcgee, of Vast Hobo.
ken, is engaged to be married TO Miss Minnie
Hanpe, OF West Hoboken.
Announcements is made of the engagement of
August Rick, OF Franklin street, to Miss Yacabina
Winters, of Hancock avenue.
Mrs. J. ". sayre and Miss NJ Sullivan. Of the
Heights are on on six weeks pleasure trip to Cai-
cago and Denver.
Commissioner Watts. of Che Board Of Public
Works. was anxious to go out last night week. aud
he went. He had not gone far betors he slipped
and spread himself lengthwise on crosswAIk in
four inches of slush.
Captain and Mrs. Edward Taylor and Miss Tay-
Tor. who have been spending season with their
sens, ]. and P. G. Taylor of Monticello avenue re-
turned few days ago to their home. ruekshoes
M
Rumor has it that Mr.. William Husoa and Miss
Smith, both former residents of Jersey City
Heights, Will be married at the residence OF the
br de's parents. New Brunswick, N. j. next Tues
Gay evening March 9Th
rector Vim. 6roescAel. B ritone Waiter wirths
ana Al - -------Sarg all members of the
Arion Singing Society, the former of New York and
the two last named ut present resi DENTS Brook
Ign, will become residents of the Heights this
Spring.
George Werner, Jr., of No. 983 Summit avenue
after two years absence, during which ne studied
chemistry at the Royal Academy. Vienna has re-
turned home. He VIII go to Florida In 8 few days.
Hon. John L Macdonald. the frs Demotioorst
Congressman ever elected no rAIrI 0Jd 1res-
siona District Of Minnesota, and his wits are
visiting this city as gussts Of Mr.. e. B. Rus-
sell. the dry goods merchant They will retHra to
Minnesota tomorrow.
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Notes and Incidents from Different Parts
Of the Country.

VI tnc LOAntfys
CIScTENATI, March 5.-Joe Buchanan,
formerly a member of the General Execu-
tive Board, K. of L., and a delegate to the
late Richmond Convention, having failed
of reelection to the Executive Board and
also as General Secretary, declares that the
work of the Richmond meeting was SO
rotten and has proven so injurious TO the
order that he b s about made up his mind
to publish the whole proceedings to the
world. The local assemblies have already
demanded of their delegates complete ex-
posure, and it will be well, he said. to 90
further and let everybody know what kind
of people are at the head of the great order
OF Rights of Labor. Buchanan is editor of
two papers and threatens 10 make it lively
for the Knights.
PITTSBURGH, March 5.-The threatened
strike in the Clearfield county regions. bss
been avertei. 1t is expected that the adj
vance @sked by the min rs at Irwin, West
moreland county. will be conceded.
ST. LOUIS, March 5. Six hundred mem
bers of the various brickIayers' unions of
this city met In Central Turner Hall last
night, and after a long debate decided that
unless the bosses should, on or before
Monday next, grant their demand for an
increase in wages Of five cents per hour,
they would strike.
HALIFAX, March 5-The strike at the
Vale, Albion aud Acacia collieries, in Pic
tou, continues, and it is reported that the
Drummond mine will stop work on Monday.
Coal is rising in price every day, and its
scarcity is beginning to be seriously felt.
NEwBURG, March 5.-Fifty- eight EN-.
ployes at Hedges & Co. IS brick yard, at
Cornwall, have struck. They were getting
81 IL per day for nine hours work, and
demand so per day for ten hours work.
New YORK, March 5.-The efforts of the
Coopers' Union and Assembly 49 have
proved Intellectual to stop the supply of
barrels to the millers. The mill of Jones
d Co., against whom the Coopers struck.
has been able to get a supply of barrels
without interruption and with very little
Inconvenience since the strike began.
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CONSTABLE TURNED rA11-Br4nER.
Detective Masker Carries the Body of
His Victim Daughter Up stairs.

Detective Masker Carries the Body of
His Victim Daughter Up stairs.
Detective Masker, of Judge Weeds Court,
had an exceedingly unpleasant experience
yesterday afternoon. Early yesterday
morning a woman called at the Judges
Office and asked for warrant for the arrest
of Mrs. John McKeon. of Seventh street,
whom she accused Of ASSEMBLING her. She
said that her name was Jenny An derson.
and that she kept grocery store on Sew
enth street. For some time Mrs. McKe On
has been trading there and succeeded in
running up quite large bill On Friday
afternoon Miss Anderson called or her and
requested payment. Mrs. McKeon, she
alleges, attempted to throw kettle OF
boiling water over her, and, failing in this.
pushed her out of the house and threw her
down the stairs.
The warrant was issued and given to
Detective Masker, WHO went to Mrs. Nc
Keon's house, arriving at the same time
that Boylan's undertaking wagon stopped
in front Of the door. The driver jumped
off and, calling the detective, asked him to
| help him carry the corpse upstairs. Masker
did as IT quested, helping to carry the body
into Mrs. McKeon's parlor. He then in
formed shat lady of his mission She burst
out crying and begged to be allowed her
freedom until her daughter was buried
She said that the girl had died the day be-
fore at Elizabeth, and it WAS her body that
Masker had helped to carry up stairs
Masker returned to the Justices Office ana
reported the facts. Mrs. Anderson was
sent for ana consented to withdraw the
charge.
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WAxTED AND NOT WANTED.
A Sailor Arrested Here for a Murder He
Did Not Commit.

Did Not Commit.
On Friday evC ming Christian L. Meyer,
Of 95 Morris street called upon Chief Muir
ply and stated that he was part owner of
he ship Of Joseph Farwell, of New York.
and that he received the following tele-
gram from Captain schaffer, the Captain
of the vessel, dated Mobile, March 8:
Peter was killed this morning. Sc LIZ couRrRE.
Meyer said that the Farwell left New
York October 81 last year for some point In
Mexico. On the outward voyage the ship
encountered storms which compelled Cap
tain Schaffer to put into Mobile, Alabama,
for repairs. The mate of the ship is named
LIE Courtre, ami the stewards name was
Peter Scnutt. The ship remained at Mo-
bile and was sold about week ago to cover
the cost of the repairs. At the time of the
sale all hands were paid off, the mate and
steward receiving about 500 piece. Mey-
er learned that LIE Courtre would arrive in
this city yesterday morning. Chief Muir
ply sent word to Officer Breen at the
Pennsylvania Depot early yesterday morn
ing and description of LIE Courtre. Hs
was arrested as he stepped from an incom-
Ing train at a. NJ, and was taken to
headquarters, where he said that when
the men were paid off he and the steward
took drink together; that he said was the
last that he saw of Schutt. Chief Murphy
telegraphed to the Chief of Police of Mo-
bile and in answer was directed to hold thu
sailor as he VAS wanted. But later in hs
evening despatch was received from Mo-
bile announcing that the murderers had
beeen caught; and that LIE Courtre was
not wanted. He was released.
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HER BRUTAL HUsB4ND.
Mrs. Murray and Her Four Little Chill
dren Driven from Their Home.


dren Driven from I cir Home.
About nine o'clock last evening Officer
Norris noticed woman with baby in her
arms and three small children tagging be-
hind her stumbling along on the slippery
pavement on Exchange Place. She walked
up and down the street several times, seam
ing to be lost. Finally the policeman ar
rested her. at the First Precinct Station
House she said her name was Mrs Patrick
Murray, and that she came from Brooklyn
At first she refused to tell anything else
about herself, but after considerable cues
tioning she said that her husbund, Patrick
Murray, was a coal handler. For some
weeks he had been beating her brutAlly,
and last night he turned her out of doors
with all OF her children. She had friend
living in Jersey City on Grove street, over
Organs feed store, and SO she came here
to get lodging. She was given bed in
one of the detention rooms and an officer
was sent to the house of her friends to no.
tify them. The children that vera with
her were aged ten, six, i've years AMI two
III Onths.
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A certain gentleman, living on Henderson
street. wants to inform certain gentle
man, who is tall, middle aged und wears
dark moustache and derby hat, whose
name, by the way, he does lot know, who
deliberately insulted certain very pretty
young lady at the corner of Mercer and
Henderson streets last night, that if he
dare show his ugly mug on Henderson
street at any time during the next six
months he will be in need OF a coffin and
several other things necessary at all we'll
regulated funerals.
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She Did e Handebeau ''-ka TO Him.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Just before the
adjournment of Congress yesterday, a
page entered the chamber bearing beau
titul floral sharp of Erin in purple, blue
and red immortelles, VITA card attached
bearing the name of Hon. William McAdoo,
of New Jersey. It was also inscribed,
s'From Ellen Handebeau," young lady
Mr.. McAdoo had befriendsd duriHg the
session just closed. The floral tribute at
tracted much attention among the mem
bers. II will be preserved and sent to
Jersey City.
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Drowned in MIN Creek.

The body of Bartholomew Gerghan. of
No. SO Water avenue, on the Heights, who
had been missing for three weeks, was
ound floating in Mill Greek yesterday.
Two boys, Patrick Hogan and James Bray,
discovered it. Policeman Niebank pulled
it to shore with poker. He is supposed
to have fallen ints the creek while crossing
the Meadows on his way home. The body
is at Speer's Morgue.
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Mrs. NIorris's Prope rty SAFE.

New BRUNSWICK, March 5.-A Sheriff's
jury empanelle6 IN this city to-day decided
that the property of Mrs. Henry A. Morris,
ut Woodbridge, N. j., Is not subject to the
levy of the Sheriff made at the instance of
J. c. Barron, of Woodbridge, who held q
note for $4,000, given by Mrs. Morriss hus-
band short time before the exposure of
his crookedness as Treasurer of the New
York Textile Fabric Company.
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AsBuRY PARK, March Jonathan Pot
ter, a Democrat. bat not an active politi-
clan. has surprised the residents here by
getting the appointment of postmaster of
the borough. The nomination has not yet
been confirmed, but the news OF the inten-
ton of the Department at Washington to
put Mr.. Potter in charge at Asbury Park
gives general satisfaction.
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An Old Mans Fatal FAN.

Thomas Newell, sixty-two years of age,
was found at the foot of the stairs at Nc
233 Newark street, Hoboken, yes. erday
morning. He had stepped into the dark
hall and fallen down the steps. His neck
was broken